Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

Aug 2017

July 2017

June 2017

Mar 2017

Dec 2016

Jun 2016

Dec 2015

Malcolm Turnbull

43%

18%

79%

25%

39%

41%

41%

39%

38%

39%

40%

54%

Bill Shorten

29%

62%

7%

42%

14%

27%

27%

26%

26%

28%

29%

15%

Don’t know

28%

21%

14%

33%

47%

32%

31%

34%

36%

33%

32%

31%

43% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make a better Prime Minister (up 2% from last month), and 29% thought Bill Shorten would be better (up 2%). 28% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.

The results were split by party, with 79% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 62% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.